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I studied sculpture with Erna when I was in 7th grade in Teaneck NJ. 1969-70 I recall her telling me about the relief portrait that she made of S.Y. Agnon, after his receiving the Nobel: Agnon requested that it not be a full, complete 3D 'image" so not as to create a "graven image". I barely new who Agnon was then. He lodged with my mother in law's family during Israel's War of Independence, so I heard lots of Agnon Stories from her, from the point of view of a six year old.

Once in awhile we have users contact us at the Leo Baeck Institute, all with pleasant memories of Erna Weil as a teacher. We have her archival collection here, and also home movies from before the family left Germany, as well as when they lived in the United States..the US movies are mostly from the early 40's, I think, during the Second World War. The collection itself is digitally available to users online. You can see all the contents here: digital.cjh.org/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=192289. Just click on the photograph of her. We have not yet digitized and made the films available online, however.

I'm going to be talking about how Flickr relates to archives access in a few weeks - do you think putting this image on Flickr has helped laypeople find this image and use it for their needs, or has it just driven more users to ask for the actual photograph in the National Archives? Thanks.

Hi photosharp, Thanks including the National Archives in your presentation. So far, anecdotally, we have not seen an increase in requests for reproductions of photographs since we joined the Flickr community. It seems that making photos available on Flickr has allowed the public and researchers to find images like this one of Nixon and Elvis and use them for their needs. Interestingly, althought Nixon and Elvis is the most requested photo at the National Archives, it is not the most viewed on our Flickr photostream. This photo of two women at U.S. Steel in oxygen masks has gotten almost three times as many views (3,064 compared to 1,087 views): www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/3660777810/. Good luck with your presentation! Thanks, Jill (U.S. National Archives)

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Flickr Commons, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called inspired - exposures, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Casual Photography, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/22224479629/